Anthony4261
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- Sep 6, 2013
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Im a little stumped here. I am mechanically inclined but have yet to tackle any boat issues. My wife and I just bought our first boat and I'm having some issues. I'll start by giving the background. It ran perfectly for two days. I mean perfectly. I had two big guys on a tube behind me and hammered on the throttle. The boat really seemed to not move and was being held back by the tube. I let off and slowly got up to speed because the weight of the guys on the tube was a bit much for it I think. At that exact moment when I hit the throttle hard, the back of the boat went pretty low into the water and the motor started running horribly. It wouldn't idle anymore and would only go about 3/4 of top speed.
I pulled the plugs and found water droplets on the #2 cylinder. The plug looks very clean and the other two are brown as they should be. I did a compression test on all three cylinders and they are all within two psi of eachother and right around 120 psi. So the compression test is good.
So I am unsure where this water is coming from. Could it be that I sucked water through my exhaust when the boat went low into the water? I can't figure this out. It will run but will not idle and is obviously only running on two cylinders. It also starts very very hard. I am under the assumption there must be a bad gasket somewhere. I just have no clue where to begin. Thanks.
New to the forum and hoping to get some help. Any responses would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you need any other info. I tried to describe it as best as I could. Thanks again.
I pulled the plugs and found water droplets on the #2 cylinder. The plug looks very clean and the other two are brown as they should be. I did a compression test on all three cylinders and they are all within two psi of eachother and right around 120 psi. So the compression test is good.
So I am unsure where this water is coming from. Could it be that I sucked water through my exhaust when the boat went low into the water? I can't figure this out. It will run but will not idle and is obviously only running on two cylinders. It also starts very very hard. I am under the assumption there must be a bad gasket somewhere. I just have no clue where to begin. Thanks.
New to the forum and hoping to get some help. Any responses would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you need any other info. I tried to describe it as best as I could. Thanks again.